title: [Geneva's "pharmacy from the heart": towards a better access to drugs for uninsured patients].
abstract: For more than ten years in Geneva, a partnership between community pharmacies and health care workers in the public sector guarantees a better access to medications for people living in poverty and without health insurance. After a carefully selection, unused medicines are distributed to selected groups of persons in need. This partnership is fully integrated in the local public/private network of institutions active in the fight against inequalities towards access to care.
authors.affiliation: Unité mobile de soins communautaires, Service de médecine de premier recours, Département de médecine communautaire et de premier recours, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. marius.besson@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Besson
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gerstel
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bédat
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D013557:Switzerland
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations